Welcome to the Forward’s coverage of the Israel-Hamas war, which began on Oct. 7, 2023, when Hamas militants crossed into southern Israel and massacred civilians, prompting Israel to invade the Gaza Strip.
Israel-Hamas War
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Sports Sportswriter fired after disparaging NBA team’s tweet supporting Israel
The veteran NBA blogger had just landed his first full-time sports writing gig
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Fast Forward Rishi Sunak visits synagogue as London is split by pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian protests
The Community Security Trust, an organization that provides security to Britain’s Jewish community, said that it was already “seeing incidents of racist antisemitism against Jewish people and property” following the attacks in Israel
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Fast Forward US sports teams and athletes show unprecedented amount of support for Israel after Hamas attacks
Dean Kremer, the Israeli-American pitcher who is likely to start the Orioles’ next playoff game, wrote that his “heart just got ripped to shreds"
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News Meet the Jews defending Hamas
Almost all progressive Jewish groups condemned Saturday’s attack on Israeli civilians, but a handful cheered it on
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Fast Forward US rabbinical students, in Israel for the year, weigh whether to stay and how to help
“I felt viscerally the discomfort of sitting around while I was watching people leave in uniform,” one student said
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Fast Forward How Jewish day schools are talking about the horrors in Israel with their students
Days after the Hamas attack, Jewish educators navigated balancing the needs of the moment with “age-appropriateness"
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Fast Forward At JFK, well-wishers bid Israeli soldiers — and would-be soldiers — farewell
A group of volunteers from Brooklyn made sure those headed toward war had a friendly send-off
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Opinion Everything I thought I knew about Israel and Gaza was wrong
The coming days and weeks will be awful — and Benjamin Netanyahu has no good options
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Culture Why saying ‘L’shana Tova’ on Rosh Hashanah may not be the correct phrase
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Fast Forward Was the viral Ta-Nehisi Coates interview a hit piece or fair play? A journalism ethics expert weighs in.
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Culture How my odious cousin Roy Cohn was responsible for creating Donald Trump — and me
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Culture New conspiracy theory just dropped — Jews are causing the hurricanes
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Fast Forward Ta-Nehisi Coates says Harris funding Gaza war as first Black female president would be ‘nightmare’
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Fast Forward ‘Nobody Wants This’ renewed for a second season on Netflix — with more Jews on board
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Opinion Netanyahu’s government is serving Iran’s strategy — not fighting it
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